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Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) is a multipurpose international product nomenclature which is developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO). HSN is used to classify goods from across World in a systematic and logical manner which brings in a uniform classification of goods to facilitates international trade.

The HSN structure have 21 sections, with 99 Chapters and about 1,244 headings and 5,224 subheadings.

Every Section is divided into Chapters and every Chapter is divided into Headings and every Heading is then further divided into Sub Headings.

Section and Chapters are used to describe broad categories of goods while headings and subheadings are used to describe goods in detail.

Section 01 - Live Animals; Animal Products

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 01Live animals
Chapter 02Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates.
Chapter 04Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.
Chapter 05Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

Section 02 - Vegetable Products

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 06Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Chapter 07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Chapter 08Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons.
Chapter 09Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 10Cereals
Chapter 11Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten.
Chapter 12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder.
Chapter 13Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts.
Chapter 14Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.

Section 03 - Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their cleavage Products; Prepared Edible fats; animal or Vegetable waxes

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 15Animal or vegetable fats and oil and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

Section 04 - Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tabacco substitutes

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 16Preparation of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.
Chapter 17Sugars and sugar confectionery.
Chapter 18Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products.
Chapter 20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants.
Chapter 21Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22Beverages, spirits and vinegar.
Chapter 23Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder.
Chapter 24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

Section 05 - Mineral Products

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 25Salt; sculpture, earths and stones; plastering materials, lime and cement
Chapter 26Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes.

Section 06 - Products of the Chemicals or Allied Industries

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 28Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
Chapter 29Organic chemicals
Chapter 30Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 31Fertilizers
Chapter 32Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter, paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks.
Chapter 33Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations.
Chapter 34Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis
Chapter 35Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes.
Chapter 36Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations.
Chapter 37Photographic or cinematographic goods.
Chapter 38Miscellaneous chemical products.

Section 07 - Plastics and Articles thereof; Rubber and Articles Thereof

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 39Plastics and articles thereof
Chapter 40Rubber and articles thereof

Section 08 - Raw Hides and Skins, Leather, Furskins and Articles thereof; saddlery and Harness; travel goods, Handbags and similar Containers; Articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm Gut)

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 41Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather.
Chapter 42Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
Chapter 43Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof

Section 09 - Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal; cork and articles or cork; Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 44Wood and Articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 45Cork and articles of cork
Chapter 46Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket-ware and wickerwork.

Section 10 - Pulp of wood or of other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered (Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard; Paper And Paperboard and articles thereof

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 47Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard.
Chapter 48Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard.
Chapter 49Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans.

Section 11 - Textile and Textile Articles

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 50Silk
Chapter 51Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horse hair yarn and woven fabric
Chapter 52Cotton
Chapter 53Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn.
Chapter 54Man-made filaments
Chapter 55Man-made staple fibres.
Chapter 56Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof.
Chapter 57Carpets and other textile floor coverings.
Chapter 58Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery.
Chapter 59Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use.
Chapter 60Knitted or crocheted fabrics
Chapter 61Articles of apparel and clothing accessories knitted or crocheted.
Chapter 62Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted.
Chapter 63Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags.

Section 12 - Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, Riding-crops and Parts thereof; Prepared Feathers and articles Made therewith; artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 64Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles.
Chapter 65Headgear and parts thereof.
Chapter 66Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof.
Chapter 67Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair.

Section 13 - Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 68Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials.
Chapter 69Ceramic products.
Chapter 70Glass and glassware.

Section 14 - Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-Precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals clad with Precious Metal, and articles thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 71Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin.

Section 15 - Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 72Iron and steel
Chapter 73Articles of iron or steel
Chapter 74Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 75Nickel and articles thereof
Chapter 76Aluminium and articles thereof
Chapter 77(Reserved for possible future use)
Chapter 78Lead and articles thereof
Chapter 79Zinc and articles thereof
Chapter 80Tin and articles thereof
Chapter 81Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
Chapter 82Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
Chapter 83Miscellaneous articles of base metal

Section 16 - Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts thereof; sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and reproducers, Television Image and sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of such article

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof.
Chapter 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.

Section 17 - Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 86Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds.
Chapter 87Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof.
Chapter 88Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof.
Chapter 89Ships, boats and floating structures

Section 18 - Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical Instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; part and accessories thereof

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 90Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof.
Chapter 91Clocks and watches and parts thereof.
Chapter 92Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles.

Section 19 - Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 93Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof.

Section 20 - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 94Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings.
Chapter 95Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof.

Section 21 - Works of art, Collectors’ Pieces and Antiques

Chapter Codes Chapter Description
Chapter 97Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques
Chapter 98Project imports, Laboratory chemicals, passenger’s baggage, personal importation by air or post; ship stores.

HSN Code in India

India is a member of World Customs Organization (WCO) since 1971 and was originally using 6 digit HSN codes for classification of commodities but later Customs and Central Excise of India added two more digits to make it 8 digit classification.

Is HSN Code Mandatory?

It is compulsory to mention 8 digits of HSN code in case of export and imports without that the export benefits shall not accrue.